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From: Alexander Kozyrev <akozyrev@nvidia.com>
To: <dev@dpdk.org>
Cc: <orika@nvidia.com>, <matan@nvidia.com>, <michaelba@nvidia.com>,
	<valex@nvidia.com>, <suanmingm@nvidia.com>,
	<viacheslavo@nvidia.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 4/7] doc: add PMD ptype item limitations
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2023 20:51:29 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20231024175132.1435553-5-akozyrev@nvidia.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20231024175132.1435553-1-akozyrev@nvidia.com>

From: Michael Baum <michaelba@nvidia.com>

Add limitations for ptype item support in "mlx5.rst" file.

Signed-off-by: Michael Baum <michaelba@nvidia.com>
---
 doc/guides/nics/features/mlx5.ini |  1 +
 doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst          | 15 +++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/features/mlx5.ini b/doc/guides/nics/features/mlx5.ini
index fc67415c6c..e3927ab4df 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/features/mlx5.ini
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/features/mlx5.ini
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ nsh                  = Y
 nvgre                = Y
 port_id              = Y
 port_representor     = Y
+ptype                = Y
 quota                = Y
 tag                  = Y
 tcp                  = Y
diff --git a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
index 7086f3d1d4..c9e74948cc 100644
--- a/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
+++ b/doc/guides/nics/mlx5.rst
@@ -646,6 +646,21 @@ Limitations
   - When using HWS flow engine (``dv_flow_en`` = 2),
     only meter mark action is supported.
 
+- Ptype:
+
+  - Only supports HW steering (``dv_flow_en=2``).
+  - The supported values are:
+    L2: ``RTE_PTYPE_L2_ETHER``, ``RTE_PTYPE_L2_ETHER_VLAN``, ``RTE_PTYPE_L2_ETHER_QINQ``
+    L3: ``RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV4``, ``RTE_PTYPE_L3_IPV6``
+    L4: ``RTE_PTYPE_L4_TCP``, ``RTE_PTYPE_L4_UDP``, ``RTE_PTYPE_L4_ICMP``
+    and their ``RTE_PTYPE_INNER_XXX`` counterparts as well as ``RTE_PTYPE_TUNNEL_ESP``.
+    Any other values are not supported. Using them as a value will cause unexpected behavior.
+  - Matching on both outer and inner IP fragmented is supported using ``RTE_PTYPE_L4_FRAG`` and
+    ``RTE_PTYPE_INNER_L4_FRAG`` values. They are not part of L4 types, so they should be provided
+    explicitly as a mask value during pattern template creation. Providing ``RTE_PTYPE_L4_MASK``
+    during pattern template creation and ``RTE_PTYPE_L4_FRAG`` during flow rule creation
+    will cause unexpected behavior.
+
 - Integrity:
 
   - Integrity offload is enabled starting from **ConnectX-6 Dx**.
-- 
2.18.2


  parent reply	other threads:[~2023-10-24 17:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-08-10 15:54 [PATCH] mbuf: add ESP packet type Alexander Kozyrev
2023-08-10 16:14 ` Morten Brørup
2023-08-25 23:26   ` Alexander Kozyrev
2023-08-25 23:34 ` [PATCH v2] " Alexander Kozyrev
2023-08-26  8:28   ` Morten Brørup
2023-08-28 18:22   ` [PATCH v3] " Alexander Kozyrev
2023-08-31 10:29     ` Ori Kam
2023-09-20 10:00     ` Nithin Dabilpuram
2023-10-18 11:06       ` Alexander Kozyrev
2023-10-24 17:51     ` [PATCH v3 0/7] ptype matching support in mlx5 Alexander Kozyrev
2023-10-24 17:51       ` [PATCH v3 1/7] ethdev: fix ESP packet type description Alexander Kozyrev
2023-10-24 17:51       ` [PATCH v3 2/7] net/mlx5: add support for ptype match in hardware steering Alexander Kozyrev
2023-10-24 17:51       ` [PATCH v3 3/7] net/mlx5/hws: add support for fragmented ptype match Alexander Kozyrev
2023-10-24 17:51       ` Alexander Kozyrev [this message]
2023-10-24 17:51       ` [PATCH v3 5/7] doc: add packet type matching item to release notes Alexander Kozyrev
2023-10-24 17:51       ` [PATCH v3 6/7] net/mlx5/hws: remove csum check from L3 ok check Alexander Kozyrev
2023-10-24 17:51       ` [PATCH v3 7/7] net/mlx5/hws: fix integrity bits level Alexander Kozyrev
2023-10-25 20:51       ` [PATCH v4 0/4] ptype matching support in mlx5 Alexander Kozyrev
2023-10-25 20:51         ` [PATCH v4 1/4] net/mlx5: add support for ptype match in hardware steering Alexander Kozyrev
2023-10-29 13:10           ` Ori Kam
2023-10-25 20:51         ` [PATCH v4 2/4] net/mlx5/hws: add support for fragmented ptype match Alexander Kozyrev
2023-10-29 13:12           ` Ori Kam
2023-10-25 20:51         ` [PATCH v4 3/4] doc: add PMD ptype item limitations Alexander Kozyrev
2023-10-29 13:13           ` Ori Kam
2023-10-25 20:51         ` [PATCH v4 4/4] doc: add packet type matching item to release notes Alexander Kozyrev
2023-10-29 13:14           ` Ori Kam
2023-10-29 17:27         ` [PATCH v4 0/4] ptype matching support in mlx5 Raslan Darawsheh

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